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Guest: Howard Bloom; Topics: Anti-SLS, Orion & LOP-G petition drive, having a bold space vision, returning to the Moon, space settlement policy, Chinese space competition and more.
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Guest: Michael Ciancone; Topics" Mike's new book "Foreword to Spaceflight" plus the IAC upcoming congress and their plans for 2019, NASA, science fiction, education and more.
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Guest: Dr. Henry Hertzfeld; Topics: The global commons issue and space, US space policy, commercial space, Space Force, treaties, property rights and more.
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Guests: John Batchelor, Anatoly Zak, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Retiring the Proton rocket and Russian cislunar space development. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other...

Guest: Dr. Robert (Bob) Zubrin; Topics: The upcoming Mars Society Convention plus multiple other topics regarding both Mars & the Moon, propulsion, NASA, public & commercial space and more.
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Guest: Dr. Mackenzie Day; topics: Ghost dunes on Mars, dunes around the solar system, sand, Earth models, human Martian exploration, rovers, drones for Mars, planetary protection, liquid water on Mars and more.
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Guest: Al Globus; Topics: Al's new book "The High Frontier: An Easier Way," eLEO low radiation orbits, centrifuge spin rates for humans, life support, commercial markets and more. Note that Al's co-author, Tom Marotta, call in on the toll free line in both the first and second segment to participate and add to our discussion.
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Guest: Dr. Thais Russomano; Topics: Human spaceflight challenges and Dr. Russomano' s new edited book "Into Space: A Journey of How Humans Adapt and Live in Microgravity." Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of...

Guest: Dr. Pat Patterson; Topics: The upcoming SmallSat Conference in Logan, Utah from August 4-9, 2018. For more information and registration see www.smallsat.org. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...

Guest: Libby Jackson; Topics: Ms. Jackson's new book, "Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women In Space," Women in STEM, following dreams and passion, UK space activities and more.
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Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston; Topics: Multiple space and science related topics, commercial space, space tourism, astronomy, Mars, and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...

Guest: Dr. Gil Levin; Topics: Martian life detection experiments, Independent Mars review panel, Viking Labeled Release experiment, NASA Mars life detection politics and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of...

Guests: John Batchelor, Emily Lakdawalla, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Hayabusa2 asteroid, rover landings, sample return mission. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use)...

Guest: John Bucknell; Topics: Turbo rocket concept design for a nuclear thermal rocket with a chemical rocket variant, nuclear propulsion, education, policy and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show...

Guest: Tory Bruno; Topics: ULA rockets, reusability, future launches and plans, ULA rocket engines, human flight, cyber defense and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation...

Guests: Rand Simberg, Bill Simon; Topics: Evoloterra Ceremony for Apollo 11 celebration. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior...

Guests: Bruce Cahan & Bruce Pittman; Topics: Creating a space commodities future trading exchange to grow the space economy.
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Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman; Topics: Multiple policy topics, commercial space, entrepreneurial space, gov. vs. the private sector for space, Dragon and CST 100, space tourism and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written...

Guest: Dr. Jason Kalirai; Topics: Space based telescopes with a focus on Hubble, JWST & WFIRST plus exoplanets, searching for life, ground based telescopes, telescope software, technology & operation.
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Guest: Julian Nott; Topics: Modern high altitude balloons, balloons for Venus & Titan, balloons on Mars, life detection, unrecognizable intelligent life, Titan settlement & much more.
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Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Ashwin Vasavada, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Mars Curiosity updates and more. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of...

Guest: Dr. Doug Plata; Topics: Space Development.org; lunar landers, advocacy, administration space leadership, Administrator Bridenstine, returning to the Moon and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding specific Space Show programs & guest(s) to the Space Show blog which is part of archived program on our website, www.thespaceshow.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of...

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